Category: Africa

Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, May 20, 1961 - The Apprenticeship of Mordecai Richler / Aksel Schiotz / African Diary

By: Allen, Ralph; Mair, Shirley; Richler, Mordecai; Krantz, Judith; gardner, Ray; Stollery, Peter; Heine, William C.

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Montreal, Maclean Hunter : 1961

Seller ID: 201g4719

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

72 pages. Features: Colour black label beer inside front cover; Very nice one-page colour-photo ad for the 1961 Buick Electra 225 Convertible (black) at the Thornwood train station; Nice one-page colour-photo Pepsi ad shows couple with baseball and bat; First part of series by Ralph Allen features Sir Sam Hughes, who through together a citizens' army in months during WWI - with photos; Enter the Platypus - on Aching Feet - new 'Platypus Point' shoes will reduce the amount of deformation caused to women's feet by needle-point shoes; The Apprenticeship of Mordecai Richler - the story of his fas...
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Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl

By: Aman

Price: $49.95

Publisher: London, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC : 1994

Seller ID: 151a5325

ISBN-13: 9780747520221

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

349 pages. "A lyrical first-hand account of a complex and charismatic modern-day African heroine." - Kirkus Reviews. Index. Average wear. Unmarked.
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Image for 3 Papers on Fishing in Lake Tanganyika: 1. Commercial Purse Seine Fishing on Lake Tanganyika 2. The Introduction of More Efficient Fishing Techniques for the Small-Scale Fisheries of Lake Tanganyika 3. Experimental Beach Seine Fishing on Lake Tanganyika

3 Papers on Fishing in Lake Tanganyika: 1. Commercial Purse Seine Fishing on Lake Tanganyika 2. The Introduction of More Efficient Fishing Techniques for the Small-Scale Fisheries of Lake Tanganyika 3. Experimental Beach Seine Fishing on Lake Tanganyika

By: Andrianos, E.D.

Price: $399.95

Publisher: Rome, Italy, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : 1976

Seller ID: 241a8506

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

193 pages. Black and white photos. Numerous line drawings. Chapters in first paper include: The Evolution of the Fishing Method by Light Attraction; Fishing Unit M.F.V. France (a Greek purse seiner on Lake Tanganyika); The Cycle of Fishing Operations; Landing Facilities at Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania); Fishing Areas in Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania) for Industrial Fishing; Insurance of the Fishing Unit. Chapters in second paper include: Existing Fishing Methods and Gear for Small-Scale Fisheries - Advantages and Limitations; A Small-Scale Seine Fishing Unit; The Cycle of Fishing Operations; The ...
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Eye-Witness to the Annexation of Cameroon 1883-1887

By: Ardener, Shirley G. (Signed)

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Cameroon, Ministry of Primary Education and West Cameroon Antiquities Commission : 1968

Seller ID: 241g3404

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

89 pages. Signed and dated by author atop half-title page. List of references. Reproductions of black and white illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Eye-Witness to the Annexation of Cameroon 1883-1887 History; Signed by Author(s)
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The Relief of Ladysmith

By: Atkins, John Black

Price: $249.95

Publisher: Boston, L.C. Page & Company : 1900

Seller ID: 118a9563

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

320 pages. Protected black and white photographic frontis of Sir Redvers Henry Buller. List of Illustrations, Maps and Plans. Three appendices. Attractive gilt lettering and decoration upon front board. Front free endpaper removed. Modest evidence of pocket removal from inside front board. Prior owner's name atop half-title page. Black one inch wide strip across backstrip where library label removed. Narrow crack along each hinge. Above-average wear.
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Image for National Home Monthly Magazine, March (Mar.) 1938 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (part II) / Horseman Lieutenant W. Marshall Cleland, of the Governor General's Horse Guards

National Home Monthly Magazine, March (Mar.) 1938 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (part II) / Horseman Lieutenant W. Marshall Cleland, of the Governor General's Horse Guards

By: Atlee, B.; Colver, A.; Richards, C.; Bristol, E.; Kirkconnell, W.; Christie, Agatha; Phayre, I.; Cooper, P.

Price: $349.95

Publisher: Winnipeg, National Home Monthly / Stovel : 1938

Seller ID: 201g4825

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

68 pages. Features: Fantastic cover illustration of three large pink flamingoes; Cute illustration of boy and girl inside front cover with caption "Eat Fish!" in ad sponsored by the Government of Canada; Major editorial about CBC Radio; Brief news coverage of - Australia's 150th birthday, League or Anti-League, A Mediator's Difficulties (re: the League of Nations); Vintage one-page photo ad for the 1938 Dodge Custom Six, Four-Door Touring Sedan; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part 1); Listen to Your Heart (short story); Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - The 'Lone Wolf' who put modern Turkey on the Map (...
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A Guide to the Egyptian Collections in the British Museum

By: Author Not Stated

Price: $79.95

Publisher: London, The British Museum : 1909

Seller ID: 241c5072

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

325 pages including extensive index. With black and white plates and illustrations in the text. Above-average wear. Boards attached but loosely. A worthy reference copy of this excellent reference.
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African Ark: People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

By: Beckwith, Carol; Fisher, Angela; Hancock, Graham

Price: $129.95

Publisher: USA, Harry N Abrams Inc : 1990

Seller ID: 241c7182

ISBN-13: 9780810919020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

320 pages. "Inspired by a deep knowledge and love of the region, this magnificent book from two of the world's outstanding photographers is the record of a five-year jouney of discovery... A true celebration of the lives of those who still inhabit the cradle of mankind." - from dust jacket. 328 illustrations, including 244 plates in full color, 75 line drawings and 9 maps. A very heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. Worthy as a reference copy only.
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The Campaign of Adowa and The Rise of Menelik

By: Berkeley, G. F-H.

Price: $395.00

Publisher: London, Constable and Co. Limited : 1935

Seller ID: 661h3528

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

xl, 403 pages. Six maps, including two which fold out inside back board. New edition of the 1902 first edition. "In the first place [the Battle of Adowa] may rank as a peculiar phenomenon, - for it amounts to nothing less, - that a European army of about twenty thousand men should be annihilated by a native African race. To the best of my belief there is no parallel case in modern history." - Preface to first edition. Prior owner's details written atop front free endpaper. Small address ink stamp upon half-title. Armorial bookplate upon verso of half-title. Bit of writing atop recto of...
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National Home Monthly Magazine, April 1938 - The Glamour of New Egypt / The Broke the Power of the Medicine Men

By: Bonnell, James F.; Batten, H.; Gribble, L.; Roberts, T.; Atlee, B.; Peters, J.; Phayre, I.; Godsell, P.; Brown, J.; Bayne, E.

Price: $295.00

Publisher: Winnipeg, National Home Monthly / Stovel : 1938

Seller ID: 201g4824

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of dogs looking at spring robin in tree; News items include - The land where they know it all (Russia), A 'Tough-Minded Arguer, The Will as a Life-Force, The Spiirit of Fair Play, Too Much Commercialism, German's 'Readjustment', In Fascist Italy, Russia's New Revolution, and Northern Ireland; One-page photo ad for the Frigidaire fridge with new silent 'meter-miser'; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Simmons mattress ad shows young lady having sweet dreams; The Glamour of "New" Egypt - photo-illustrated article of this nation, including photo of His M...
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Sir Graham Bower's Secret History of the Jameson Raid and the South African Crisis, 1895-1902 - Second Series No. 33

By: Bower, Sir Graham; Butler, Jeffrey and Schreuder, Deryck M.: Introduction

Price: $299.95

Publisher: Cape Town, South Africa, Van Riebeeck Society : 2002

Seller ID: 241g1911

ISBN-13: 9780958411295

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

206 pages. Bibliography. Index. "A personal insider's account of the great imperial scandal of the Jameson Raid (1895-6) and the coming of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy.
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Tunisia - The (English) Army at War

By: British Ministry of Information

Price: $79.95

Publisher: London, His Majesty's Stationary Office : 1944

Seller ID: 814c6669

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

60 pages. Undated. Circa 1944. Loaded with amazing black and white photos and supporting text. Above-average wear. Folded in half. Fragile to handle but still a worthy reference copy.
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The Illustrated London News, February 28, 1953 - Fire Aboard the Carrier H.M.S. Indomitable / Excavating Old Smyrna

By: Bryant, Arthur; Burton, Maurice; Falls, Cyril; Squire, Sir John; Davis, Frank; Elliott, Clarence; Trewin, J.C.

Price: $149.95

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. : 1953

Seller ID: 146g2320

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 549-592. Features: Nice one-page ad for the Hawker Siddeley Group shows young boy above caption "How Much is a Little Boy Worth?"; Title page photo of Governor-General Sir Robert Howe addressing Khartoum crowds at great holiday parade; North Sudan welcomes the Anglo-Egyptian agreement; Photos of life in southern Sudan; Designs for the decoration of the Coronation route; Two-page illustration of multiple aircraft forms; People in the public eye; The Queen visits Wiltshire, goes racing and attends church; inventions of the day; Dramatic centrefold photo of fire aboard the carrier H.M.S. I...
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The Illustrated London News, May 16 1964 - Repairs to Stonehenge / New York World's Fair

By: Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. : 1964

Seller ID: 338h1203

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 749-800 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Nice one-page colour photo ad for the Riley elf Mark II Car (red); One page colour photo add for Harvey's Bristol Cream shows seen in art gallery; One page colour photo add for Harvey's Bristol Dry shows man examining painting; Cover page photo of crane lifting huge fallen stone lintel at Stonehenge; Article on the future of Africa with photo of opening of the Northern Rhodesia independence conference on May 5; Photo of fallen balustrade on the Sinclair Road in Hammersmith; Photo of Kenneth Kuanda addressing opening session of the Northern Rhodesia...
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The Illustrated London News, April 11, 1953 - Passing of Queen Mary / Mau Mau Massacre in Kenya

By: Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; Squire, Sir John; Davis, Frank; Elliott, Clarence; Trewin, J.C.; Burton, Maurice; et al

Price: $149.95

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd. : 1953

Seller ID: 146g2319

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 549-592. Features: Cover photo of Queen Mary's coffin on its journey to Westminster Hall; The death of Ex-King Carol of Rumania; The Mau Mau Massacre - victims and survivors, and some suspects; Two-page photo of ghastly scene where loyal Kikuyu were burned alive; Rail disaster near Conneaut, Ohio; Czech state airline Dakota lands in Frankfurt, passengers request political asylum; Full-page photo of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Windsor, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent in Queen Mary's funeral procession; Two-page photo of Queen Mary's funeral procession on its way to Wes...
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The Illustrated London News (ILN) February 21, 1953 - Cover Photo of Preparation of the Magnificent Purple Robe To Be Worn By Her Majesty at Her Coronation

By: Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril

Price: $199.95

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. : 1953

Seller ID: 302g2796

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 261-296. Features: Nice colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch inside front cover; Nice one-page ad for Rootes Group Cars (Sunbeam-Talbot, Hillman Minx); Preparation of the Queen's Coronation robe; Arrival of new U.S. Ambassador, Winthrop W. Aldrrich; Two pages of illustrations of how the Dutch fight their eternal and unwearying enemy - the sea - repairing dykes and reclaiming land; Excellent one-page colour-photo portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; One-page colour photo of the Lord Lyon and Officers of the Scottish Court of Chivalry; The Indo-China War - photos from Nasam and the Qui-No...
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The Illustrated London News (ILN) February 7, 1953 - Loss of the Car Ferry 'Princess Victoria' / Flooding in England and the Netherlands

By: Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril

Price: $199.95

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. : 1953

Seller ID: 302g2795

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 181-220. Features: Cover photos of the loss of the car-ferry 'Princess Victoria' which went down on 31 January with a loss of 128 lives, plus two more pages of dramatic photos of the disaster; Simulating an atomic blast over Clapham Junction; 10 photos related to the murder of the Ruck family by Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya, a shocking crime redeemed only by the heroism of an African houseboy; Full-page photo of massive flooding on Canvey Island, Essex - the Thames estuary pleasure resort; Two more pages of photos of the Canvey Island flooding which killed 100; Photos of flood-related sc...
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Image for The Illustrated London News (ILN) January 24, 1953 - Cover Photo of Newly-inaugurated President Dwight D. Eisenhower / Trial of the Killers of Oradour-Sur-Oradour in France

The Illustrated London News (ILN) January 24, 1953 - Cover Photo of Newly-inaugurated President Dwight D. Eisenhower / Trial of the Killers of Oradour-Sur-Oradour in France

By: Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril

Price: $199.95

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. : 1953

Seller ID: 302g2794

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 105-140. Features: Nice cover photo-portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; Photos of America's new first lady - Mrs. Eisenhower, and Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of the new Vice-President, both wearing their inaugural ball gowns; Photo of six German's tried with murder and other atrocities at the Schirmeck concentration camp during the occupation of France; Photos of the Red Hat Ceremony in Rome where new Catholic Cardinals receive their hats; Photo of the Dutch liner' Klipfontein just before she went under; Photo of horrible accident at Washington's Union station where train lost braking and crash...
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The Shaping of Somali Society: Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900

By: Cassanelli, Lee V.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press : 1982

Seller ID: 241c6983

ISBN-13: 9780812278323

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

311 pages. Bibliography. "Examines the historical experiences of these people while focusing on recurrent themes: a deeply rooted kinship system based on lineages that feud as frequently as they cooperate; the gradual Islamization of the entire society through the work of itinerant Sufi saints; the rise and fall of regional sultanates and long-distance trade networks; and a history of resistance to foreign invaders." - from dust jacket. Book clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy.
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The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIII - No. 254, June 1919 - Yellowstone Winter Tragedy / Wild African Dogs

By: Chanappa, Anadaraya; Martyn, F.; MacAlister, A.; "Split-Pin"; Gaunt, M.; Von Someren, A.; Jones, C.G.; Treadway, J.E.; Jamieson, C.J.; Leslie, H.; Connery, T.M.; Beattie, S.A.; Rose, F.; Nugent, J.E.; Rose, F.; Et al

Price: $395.00

Publisher: London, George Newnes, Ltd. : 1919

Seller ID: 123g4355

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Fair

Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Tiger-Hunting Adventures in India; Adventures of Newspaper-Man, Frederic Martyn (part 2); Canada's New Wonderland - new railway in the neighbourhood of the Yellowhead Pass runs from Edmonton to Prince Rupert - article with great photos; The Raid - author brings down a Gotha; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part 4 - major article of times spent in China with many fascinating photos, including a 3-year-old couple engaged to be married!; Choking An Alligator; In a Cauldron of Fire; Lost in a Limestone Cave; Treed by a Leopard - a miss...
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Category: Africa